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Letters Patent No. 61,994, dated February 12, 1867.

PANEL FOR LAMP SHADES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BREUKER, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have'invented an, improved Panel for Lamp Shades; an d I (lo herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame.

My invention consists of a process, fully'described hereafter, ofmanufacturing panels for-lamp shades, the panels thus produced beingcheap, durable, and excellent imitations of the ordinary ornamental:porcelain panels. In order to enable others skilled in the art to makemy invention, Iwill nowv proceed to describe the manner of carrying thesome into effect. l

Any suitable design is first printed in oil colors on paper properlyprepared, and after the colors are sufiiciently dry, the entire surfaceof the paper and theiigures printed. thereon is covered with a coatingofplain white or tinted oil color. One'side of a sheet of mica to beornamented is then varnished, and after the varnish has partly dried,the paper is applied to the mica, the coated surfiace of the paper andthe varnished surface oi the mica being in contact. The paper and micaare then pressed closely together by passingthe two between pressingrollers or in any other suitable manner. The paper is then moistened andslowly detached from the mica, the colors adhering to the varnishcdsurface of the latter; the plain color-last applied to the paper beingnext to the mica, and forming a ground for the figures first printed onthe paper, which are consequently uppermost on the panel. It hasheretoforebcen customary to insert a slip of paper, with the requireddesign printed on thesame, between two sheets of mica, the panel thusformed being securedto'the frame of the shade. Panels made in thismanner are expensive and soon becomcdet'aced, the paper being discoloredby the heat and smoke, while the cracks and crevices on the outer sheetof micabecome filled with dust which cannotbe removed, and prevents thefigures on the paper from being distinctly seen." The panel manufacturedbyth'e process above described is a: cheap substitute for the ordinaryornamented porcelain panel; the painted surface of such a panel also isnot apt to become discolored, it lmsno crevices in whiclrdust maycollect, and it may be washed without injury whenever required.

I do not desire to claim broadly transferring printed or coloredfigures, or designs, from a sheet of paper or other material to a.varnishcdsurface, by bringing the two coated surfaces in contact; but Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patcnt--- Themanut'acturepf panels for lamp shades by applying to the ornamentedsurfaoc of asheetof mica, a sheet of paper, or other material on whichtwo or morela-yers of oil color have been deposited, as hereinspecified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my nameto this'specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' GEORGE W. BREU'KER.

Witnesses: f

CHARLES E. FOSTER, Joan WHITE.

